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    Archived bus running times?

    Our Parish Council is worried about performance of the local six-times-a-day bus service, and before going further, I want to establish exactly how bad things are. I can see that Bustimes will show at-the-time locations (when it works), but can't I find any archived source that would allow...
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    Modal shift in the suburbs?

    Many climate-change initiatives appear to assume that a good proportion of people with cars could be tempted to leave their car at home and take public transport if only the frequency was greater, or the cost lower. Clearly, building major new hard infrastructure (heavy rail, metro, busways)...
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    Bus stop timetables - whose responsibility?

    Our local operator has made an unexpected (and non-trivial) change to their timetable but the bus stop is still displaying the old timetable. Should I be chasing the bus company, or the local authority, to make the update?
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    From East Midlands: out via Luton, back via Stansted

    Trying to work out tickets from home in the Peak District, for a trip where we fly out from Luton but back to Stansted. Advance tickets seem too much of a risk (unless there is an equivalent of the forgiveness that TPE shows for late arrivals at Manchester, but I think not). The coach service...
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    Dysfunction at Derby, or mitigating circumstances?

    Could anyone with the right skills (and a little time to spare) have a look at movements in Derby station around 1230 today to tell me whether I have missed something. 1F30 London-Sheffield was 9 late, arriving 12:36:45 2A20 Nottingham-Matlock was sent out on time at 12:34 (2 mins 45 before the...
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    Advance offered on Raileasy but not EMR

    I have been trying to book St Pancras (STP) to Matlock (MAT) - Single with Disabled Adult railcard for the 2002 from St Pancras on Tuesday 11 July. At the time of writing: Raileasy offer an Advance at £15.50 Trainline offers a split of Advance to Derby at £15.50 plus single Derby-Matlock at...
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    Oxford - Manchester: 4 cars every 2 hours

    Trains at 0740 and 0939 - 4 coaches each. 1139 and every 2 hours: 5 cars. Except 1539 which was cancelled. On a day with predictable extra demand because of the Parklife festival in Manchester. No Oxford- Leeds either. What were the other units doing?
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    Metrolink penalty for failing to tap out

    The Manchester Evening News has an article about passengers who fail to tap out on the Metrolink network. Currently this applies to over 7% of journeys, presumably because of the lack of barriers to prompt tapping out. It appears that an incomplete journey is charged at £4.60 - and that this is...
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    Delay Repay and Freedom Pass

    If the final part of a journey is made using a Freedom Pass, does this change your eligibility for a Delay Repay claim for late arrival? Journey: Chesterfield-St Pancras by EMR then to Greenwich by Thameslink Tickets - return part of London-Chesterfield SuperOffpeak return to St Pancras...
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    Replacement bus services on strike days?

    EMR say: "Strike action by the ASLEF union takes place on Wednesday 31 May and Saturday 3 June. On these dates, no rail or rail replacement services will operate on EMR routes." Where rail services are replaced by buses for a solid period (eg Derby-Matlock 27 May to 11 Jun), why are bus...
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    Avanti West Coast - Superfare

    Now on offer. Expected, or a surprise?
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    Transport spending by councils

    An article about financial pressures on bus services in Dorset included data on spending by the County Council that sets their cost of public bus subsidies in context: £m pa Public subsidised services 1.2 2% School Transport - main 10 20% School Transport - additional needs 13 26%...
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    "Modal Shift" (car to bus) in rural areas

    Modal shift from car to bus is widely touted as a way to reduce transport emissions – and it seemed to be quite a large part of the future envisaged by the Welsh government spokesperson justifying the cutting of their roads programme on Radio 4’s PM last night. But in rural areas, is this modal...
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    Google Maps - bug in bus journey planner

    I've just spotted an oddity in the bus journeys that Google Maps offers. From "Bakewell" to "Chesterfield" (no specification of exact stops), it offers the obvious X70/170 Hulleys service from Rutland Square in the centre of Bakewell to "New Beetwell Street (Stop B12)" in central Chesterfield...
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    Manchester-London this weekend: no bookable tickets

    Trying to book Manchester-London: Out Sat 21, back Sun 22. Trainsplit has "Not Available" against all of the direct trains, and I am offered no trains at all when starting to try and make a seat reservation via GWR (in contrast to normal all-seats-gone experience of being allowed to select a...
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    Oxford Tube: long waits at intermediate stops?

    I am trying to do some research for someone thinking of moving to Oxford and commuting to London Marble Arch three days a week by Oxford Tube. They are thinking of looking to live within walking distance of one of the intermediate stops in Oxford. With strictly limited capacity and no ability...
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    Where to check what is running on 27/12?

    I am trying to book a relative London-Oxford on the morning of 27th December, but find completely contradictory information as to when services will start up, and to where. Chiltern's site says they will only be running London-Oxford Parkway, starting with the 0900 from Marylebone. But no...
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    GW Mainline tickets for Freedom Card holder

    I am trying to advise the holder of an (Adult, Disabled) TfL Freedom Card holder, travelling Paddington-Bristol TM - hoping I could save them a little by advising where to start their GWR ticket. Clearly, they could save a good bit by using their Freedom pass on the Elizabeth Line to Reading and...
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    YU SOP LSE TO ENGLAND (E of NTA)

    BRfares shows "YU SOP LSE TO ENGLAND (E of NTA)" as the restriction for a Paddington-Bristol Temple Meads SSR. The YU bit is fine. But the rest has me stumped. Is the rest of the text some sort of abbreviation explanation of YU, which I can therefore ignore? Or is it an additional restriction...
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    Branch line cancellations

    Living near the end of a single-track branch (Matlock), I have learned to check RTT for the inbound service before relying on an outbound service. There have been times where the inbound was seriously late (or cancelled) but the outbound service happily showed no disruption until the scheduled...

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